Riichi Takeshita

Career Coaching career Following his retirement from competition in February 2019, Takeshita served as an assistant coach for the Tonami Transportation team from March 2019 to March 2020. In April 2020, he was appointed as a coach at Ryukoku University. He subsequently joined the ACT SAIKYO badminton team as the women's singles coach, training players such as Tomoka Miyazaki and Manami Suizu.

Achievements Asian Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2007 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif 18–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Lee Zii Jia 17–21, 21–16, 11–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2013 New Zealand Open Xue Song 21–16, 16–21, 21–17 Winner 2014 Russian Open Vladimir Ivanov 21–16, 5–21, 21–17 Runner-up 2016 New Zealand Open Huang Yuxiang 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2011 New Zealand International Wong Wing Ki 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2013 Austrian International Kento Momota 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2014 Osaka International Ng Ka Long 13–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2014 Sydney International Huang Guoxing 9–11, 11–7, 11–5, 11–4 Winner 2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Sergey Sirant 21–13, 21–18 Winner 2017 Smiling Fish International Pannawit Thongnuam 19–21, 22–24 Runner-up 2018 Sydney International Soo Teck Zhi 21–18, 21–11 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament